Expanded air files

Hello,
We're using RoboHelp software to create our help files. The output is generated as .air file.
For deployment we're using InstallShield Basic MSI projects.
In order to include the help files we have 2 options:
1. Include the .air file in the IS MSI and run the AdobeAir installer (silent, eventually) to install the air files.
2. Include the expanded (installed somewhere and copied) help files / folders in the IS MSI and just copy them on the target machine. The expanded air files/folder do not require any other registration, etc, in order ru be used.
The first option would be the correct one, but I have 2 problems:
- I cannot (simply) fully identify the airinstaller.exe location (Versions/1.0/Ressources) considering that the '1.0' could be different on client's machine;
- A proper AdobeAir install will record the help package in the installed programs which will look weird as a distinct piece of software from our installed product.
So, I want to try the second option. This implies that the RoboHelp output .air file has to be first deployed (expanded) in order to get the list of files and folders.
Is it possible to set up RoboHelp so it generates all these files directly?
We are working exclusively under / for Windows OS.
Thanks,
Ioan

- I cannot (simply) fully identify the airappinstaller.exe location (Versions/1.0/Ressources) considering that the '1.0' could be different on client's machine; The Adobe Air product registration gives me references to Adobe Air folder, but not to the exact airappinstaller.exe location.
airappinstaller.exe? If you mean you cannot control where the AIR help is installed, wrong. Your author can create the .AIR file so that it installs the help to a specific location.
- A proper AdobeAir install will record the help package in the installed programs list which will look weird as a distinct piece of software from our installed product. Why would a Help be a standalone installed application?!?
I may be telling you something you already know but AIR is a technology used to create apps and you may be surprised just widely it is used and who by. The eBay Desktop app is one example. What the RoboHelp team did was create help as such an app.
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